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Space
Goofiness Over Gravity: Simmer Down, It’s Just a Movie!
(Gravity spoiler alert: Movie plot-points revealed below)
On the Monday after the first Friday of a blockbuster space movie, the crazy talk starts. Always happens (The 2001 monolith is real! The Apollo 13 mission was faked!), always will. So too with Gravity, courtesy of this post on The Wrap, arguing that Sandra Bullock’s character …
Cloudy With a Chance of Aliens
For the first time, astronomers detect cloud patterns on an exoplanet
Cosmic Camera Makes a Dizzying Trip
The well-loved and wonderfully simple Holga journeys to the edge of space
Supervolcanoes! Mars Had ‘Em; So Could We
The Red Planet was once the Fire Planet, with eruptions that led to a global freeze
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From an explosion on the sun to a successful docking of a commercial spacecraft with the International Space Station, to a frog sent accidentally flying by a NASA rocket launch, it was an exciting month in the space biz—unless …
In Space, 3-D Printer Will Make Satellites On The Fly
NASA is launching its first 3-D printer into space next year, allowing astronauts to travel farther from earth
Space Race 2013: Who’s Up, Who’s Down, Who’s Going Nowhere
The space-travel industry is more competitive than ever — and just as in all industries, there will be winners and losers
Mars Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
In a stunning new book, This is Mars, editor and designer Xavier Barral makes visual magic from images captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Where’s the Water on Mars? Everywhere!
Scientists have published their first findings from the Curiosity rover’s soil tests, and there’s mixed news for future explorers